Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0 18.12.1603

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dotnet add package Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0 --version 18.12.1603
                    
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0 -Version 18.12.1603
                    
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0" Version="18.12.1603" />
                    
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0" Version="18.12.1603" />
                    
Directory.Packages.props
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0" />
                    
Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.
paket add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0 --version 18.12.1603
                    
#r "nuget: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0, 18.12.1603"
                    
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
#:package Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0@18.12.1603
                    
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0&version=18.12.1603
                    
Install as a Cake Addin
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0&version=18.12.1603
                    
Install as a Cake Tool

A member of the Visual Studio SDK

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net10.0-windows10.0.19041 is compatible. 
.NET Framework net472 is compatible.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
Compatible target framework(s)
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NuGet packages (32)

Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.15.0:

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Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editor

Microsoft® Visual Studio® Editor Platform

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design

A member of the Visual Studio SDK

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.15.0

A member of the Visual Studio SDK

Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK

Visual Studio SDK meta-package. Reference this to get references to most other Visual Studio extensibility packages.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workspace.VSIntegration

Extensibility APIs for Open Folder and lightweight Solution load in Visual Studio.

GitHub repositories (49)

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